Ben and Mindy Six of Newton are the parents of a daughter, Madilyn Audrey, born Friday, Feb. 14, 2014. She weighed 9 pounds 9 ounces. Her siblings are Makenna, 7; Blake, 5; and Breck, 19 months.
Grandparents are Clint and Marla Vos of Sully and Sid and Helen Six of Mitchellville. Great-grandparents are Cliff and Millie...
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Kendra Sue
Andrew and Trisha Schreier of Sioux Center are the parents of Kendra Sue born Feb. 5, 2014. She weighed 7 pounds 11 ounces and measured 21 inches long. Her big sister is Makinley, 2-1/2.
Grandparents are Roger and Cyndi Fynaardt of Oskaloosa, Dan Schreier of Marcus, and Joan Schreier of Orange City. Great-grandparents are Lester and...
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Grace L. Overman, 83
On Jan. 22, 2014, Grace L. Overman, 83 of Pella, unexpectedly left us to go home and be with the Lord.
Grace was born on Oct. 10, 1930, in New Sharon, the daughter of Max and Jeanette (Wanders) Huff. She went to the New Sharon Schools. After graduation, Grace went to work in Pella and Des...
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Jeanette Vande Krol, 105
Jeanette Vande Krol, 105, of Pella died Feb. 11, 2014. Funeral services were held Feb. 14 at Pella Garden Chapel Funeral Home. Memorials have been designated for Liberty Evangelical Free Church of Pella.
Jeanette Vande Krol was born Nov. 26, 1908, to Tony B. and Gertie Beyer Vos, north of Sully. She attended the Union School...
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Hometown Press garners five awards at INA Convention
The Hometown Press took home five awards from the Iowa Newspaper Association (INA) Awards Banquet held in conjunction with the INA Convention and Trade Show on Friday, Feb. 7. The 2014 Iowa Newspaper Foundation Better Newspaper Contest featured hundreds of entries from talented newspaper staffs across the state of Iowa with more than 750 awards...
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Budget Shortfall: L-S faces budget cuts, action items on Feb. 17 meeting agenda
The Lynnville-Sully School Board faces tough choices as it considers extensive cuts to bridge the $174,000 gap in the school district’s budget for the remainder of the current school year and new costs in the 2014-2015 school year.
Two major developments are making a deep impact on the school’s budget. Rising special education costs contribute an...
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Turnovers plague L-S girls in third loss of the season
The Lynnville-Sully girls basketball team hosted the BGM Bears on Friday, Feb. 7. Both teams were coming off victories the night before in rescheduled games from earlier that week due to weather. Turnovers plagued the Hawks.
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- Cassie Cullen keeps the ball away from the arms of a pesky BGM player. Photo...